May 9-11, 2017
Vancouver Hilton, WA
RSVP by March 24, 2017 /
Organized by the USFS R6 Ecology Program & the Pacific Northwest Research Station
“The oldest task in human history is to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.” -- -- Aldo Leopold
Workshop Goal: In a nutshell, we want to create an opportunity for our skilled practitioners involved with restoration projects to learn from each other. From the expansive glaciers and snow fields of the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie, to the estuaries of the Siuslaw, to the floristic diversity and mixed conifer dry forests of the Rogue-Siskiyou, the “westside” offers a potpourri of interesting challenges! Since restoration is a journey, not an endpoint, we need to be in this for the long haul. Learning from each other’s successes (and mis-steps) will be critical if we hope to make progress. NO REGISTRATION FEE
Target Audience: Region 6Forest Service employees in western Oregon and Washington involved with restoration activities -- from planning to implementation.
Location: Vancouver Hilton, WA. A block of rooms will be held for this workshop. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly and referring to the code “USF” 360-993-4500.
Agenda
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 1:00 – 4:30
Time / Topic / Speaker1:00 – 1:10 / Welcome! / Cheryl Friesen, Science Liaison, USFS
1:10 – 1:40 / Hey, Westsiders, can we talk restoration? / Jerry Ingersoll, Forest Supervisor, Siuslaw NF
1:40 – 2:10 / Key learnings related to restoration from NWFP Science Synthesis and the new book People, Forests, and Change – Lessons from the Pacific Northwest / Dede Olson,Research Ecologist, PNW Research Station, Corvallis
Draft Agenda Continued
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 1:00 – 4:30
Time / Topic / Speaker2:10 – 2:40 / Restoring plant communities in the Westside Woods / Tom Demeo, R6 Ecology Program
2:40 – 3:00 / Break
3:00 – 3:30 / Restoration and the role of water in the Woods. / Brian Staab, USFS R6, Regional Hydrologist
3:30 – 4:00 / Influence of ESA on Westside Restoration. / Paul Henson, USFWS (invited)
4:00 – 4:30 / Building a Shared Understanding: Restoration Leadership Forum outcomes / Forest Sups from Restoration Leadership Retreat
4:30 – 5:00 / Group Discussion: What does success look like? When are we “done?” / All
Draft Agenda continued
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:30 – 5:00
Time / Topic / Speaker8:30 – 8:40 / Overview of the Day / Cheryl Friesen, Science Liaison, USFS
8:40 – 9:10 / What does a “restoration economy” look like, and what role does the FS have in restoring local economies / Max Nielson-Pincus, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, PSU (invited)
9:10 – 9:40 / Role of Westside collaboratives in restoration: pathway to Trust and Social License? / Don Ulrich, Research
Assistant and Emily Jane Davis, Extension Specialist, Oregon State University
9:40 – 10:00 / Lessons from the Eastside Restoration Strategy / Heidi Huber, Research Assistant, University of Oregon
10:00 – 10:20 / Break
Agenda continued
Peer to Peer Learning Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
WestsideForest / Processes
Facilitator: Nikola Smith / Terrestrial
Facilitator: Josh Chapman / Aquatics
Facilitator: Johan Hogervorst
10:20 – 10:50 / Mt. Baker/ Snoqualmie / Developing an integrated, Forest-wide restoration strategy using an iterative process to integrate resources and partners.
Kevin James, Ecologist, Mt. Baker/Snoqualmie NF / The Stillaguamish Habitat Enhancement Project: exploring the land bird story.
Phyllis Reed, Wildlife Biologist/NEPA, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF / Contemporary restoration planning and design procedures for aquatic resources at watershed scales.
Richard Vacirca, Forest Fisheries Program Manager, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
10:55 – 11:25 / Olympic / Capitalizing on a centralized Forest structure to address declining budget issues: realized improvement in effectiveness and efficiencies.
Speaker TBD / Meeting the challenge of active management in critical habitat and LSR’s.
Speaker TBD / Collaborative strategies to address fish and water quality in the face of climate change and deteriorating infrastructure.
Speaker TBD
11:30 – 12:00 / Gifford Pinchot / Special Forest Product Management: A collaborative effort to assess huckleberry habitat and traditional cultural use for long-term management.
Jessica Hudec, Ecologist, Gifford Pinchot NF / Upper White Salmon River Forest Restoration and Resilience: Restoring the health of late successional habitat.
Speaker TBD / Trout Creek: Removing barriers while restoring stream and riparian function.
Speaker TBD
12:00 – 1:10 / LUNCH
Agenda continued
Peer to Peer Learning Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
ProcessesFacilitator: Nikola Smith / Terrestrial
Facilitator: Josh Chapman / Aquatics
Facilitator: Johan Hogervorst
1:10 – 1:40 / Mt. Hood / Focus teams and the PIT process for streamlining and managing the Mount Hood’s forest wide NEPA workloads.
Amber Sprinkle,Planning, Clackamas River RD, Mt. Hood NF andMichelle Lombardo, Forest Environmental Coordinator, Mt. Hood NF / Hunter --An Integrated Resource Project; Planning for multiple resource objectives in young managed stands and stands over 80 years old on the Clackamas Ranger District.Jeff Goldberg,Forester,Clackamas River RD, Mt. Hood NF; Phil Monsanto, West Side Zone Silviculturist, Mt. Hood NF;andJim Roden, Forester, Clackamas River RD, Mt. Hood NF / Collaboration with private and Tribal partners--continuing restoration on a key reach of the West Fork Hood River.
Darcy Saiget,Fish Biologist, Mt. Hood NF, Hood River RD and Kat Arendt, Fisheries Biologist, Mt. Hood NF, Zigzag RD
1:45 – 2:15 / Siuslaw / Siuslaw Collaborative Watershed Restoration Program: effective use of retained receipts from stewardship contracting.
Kirk Shimeall,Executive Director, Cascade Pacific RC&D / Innovative approaches on the Oregon Dunes: planning and implementing a landscape scale, highly collaborative non-forest restoration project.
Donni Vogel and Mick Mueller, Forest Environmental Coordinator, Siuslaw NF / The long haul: a decades-long, whole watershed restoration project on Fivemile-Bell.
Paul Burns, Fisheries Biologist, Siuslaw NF, Central Coast RD
2:20 – 2:50 / Willamette / Facing conflicts head on: conducting non-high priority site analysis for red tree voles to facilitate pine/savannah restoration.
Joe Doerr, Forest Wildlife Biologist, Willamette NF / Integrated meadow restoration: challenges and lessons learned.
Jenny Lippert, Forest Botanist, Willamette NF / Fearless, process-based restoration: Deer Creek experience and future plans for South Fork McKenzie.
Kate Meyer, Fisheries Biologist, McKenzie River RD, Willamette NF
2:55 – 3:15 / BREAK / BREAK / BREAK / BREAK
Agenda continued
Peer to Peer Learning Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
ProcessesFacilitator: Nikola Smith / Terrestrial
Facilitator: Josh Chapman / Aquatics
Facilitator: Johan Hogervorst
3:15 – 3:45 / Umpqua / Conducting an “ecological evaluation" of the Umpqua NF to inform restoration prioritization.
Kris Sexton, NR Staff, Umpqua NF (invited) / The Calf-Copeland Project: restoring pine ecosystems in LSR’s and spotted owl CHU areas.
Amy Nathanson, Ecologist, Umpqua NF andRichard Helliwell,Botanist, Umpqua NF / Working the drinking water angle: DWPP and GRAIP.
Mark Sommer, Hydrologist, Umpqua NF,North Umpqua RD
3:50 – 4:20 / Rogue/
Siskiyou / Southwest Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative presents a Restoration Strategy.
Bill Kuhn, Area Ecologist, Rogue River-Siskiyou NF / Oak restoration in Late Successional Reserves: it can be done! The Shasta-Agness Project.
Matt Timchak, Forester, Rogue River-Siskiyou NF,Gold Beach RD / Sucker Creek Restoration Project.
Stephen Burns,Fisheries Biologist, Rogue River-Siskiyou NF, Wild Rivers RD
Agenda continued
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Time / Topic / Speaker4:25 – 4:45 / Regroup/ follow-ups / Cheryl Friesen and ALL
5:00 – 7:00 / Poster session /Social and cash bar in lobby
Draft Agenda continued
Thursday, May 11, 2017 8:30 – 12:00
Time / Topic / Speaker8:30 – 9:00 / Group Follow up from yesterday’s sharing: Find 2 people you learned something from and wanted additional discussion – collecting signatures / Cheryl Friesen, Science Liaison, USFS
9:00 – 9:30 / Group Discussion: New ideas on defining success? / All
9:30 – 10:30 / Public Lands, All Hands. How do we rally around restoration on the westside? / Panel: Federal Forests Working Group
10:30 – 10:45 / Break
10:45 – 11:15 / We can’t do it alone: capitalizing on partnerships and tools / TBD
11:15 – 11:30 / Follow up actions / All
11:30 – 12:00 / close out Regional Forester Invited
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